Tim Spector is a professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and honorary consultant physician at Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome, and the author of five books, including the bestsellers Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth. He appears regularly on TV, radio and podcasts around the world, and is one of the top 100 most cited scientists in the world. He is co-founder of the personalised nutrition company ZOE and leads the world's biggest citizen science health project, the ZOE Health study. He was awarded an OBE in 2020 for his work fighting Covid-19.
The pandemic should have changed many attitudes towards
understanding biology, and Food for Life is the newly
scientifically semi-literate person's post-Covid go-to food book...
I trust the author and his work. * The Times, *Book of the Week*
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Appealingly, Spector writes as a food lover... Every person's ideal
diet is different, and should be based on sensible choices from a
position of knowledge. Food for Life is a feast of that
knowledge... Bullet-pointed tips at the end of each chapter and an
appendix of food tables make it a valuable reference book to
keep on a kitchen shelf. * Guardian *
[A] weighty and detailed guide to modern living... [Spector]
explains how to boost your microbiome and tailor your diet. *
Sunday Times, *Books of the Year* *
Food for Life is a fascinating tour d'horizon, deftly
drawing on recent research... Well
written [and] informative.* Literary Review *
Tim Spector has been exploding the myths around food and heal for
years... Here he continues the demolition job in a rigorously
academic book that welcomes the layperson with open arms. * The
Times, *Books of the Year* *
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